Malte StehrProducerMalte Stehr graduated from the University of Bremen with the degree Digital Media B.Sc. in 2014. He worked for the production The Crown of Arkus before he started his studies as an Animation and Effects Producer at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in 2015. He produced Los Mariachis for the ITFS 2016 and is currently working on several animation and Virtual Reality projects.
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Ricarda SalehIdea & DirectorIn spring 2017 Ricarda Saleh graduates in the degree Transmedia/Games Director at the Filmacademy Baden-Württemberg. In 2011 she studied Media Practice and Theory with focus on documentary at the University of Sussex in Brighton (UK). Ricarda works as a freelance director for advertisement, experimental film and interactive media. She created the UX/game design for the interactive film fiveminutes.gs which was gained the FAW best website of 2014 award and a Webby Award nomination. In 2015 she started working with VR and 360°. Lionhearted is her diploma project.
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Michael ThroneDOPMichael Throne was raised in Hof in Bavaria. After his Abitur he did an apprenticeship at the German television station MDR in Leipzig. He successfully completed his training with honour (best training qualification of the state). After studying Digital Media with focus on video at the University of Darmstadt he continued his studies in the degree Director of Photography at the Filmacademy Baden-Württemberg in 2015. In the last years he did camera work for several fiction and documentary film productions which were screened at national and international festivals. In addition Michael started to work with 360° film in 2015.
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Elena SchmidtEditorIn summer 2015 Elena Schmidt finished her training as a state-certified editor, after two years of internship and three years of training in Munich. She gained extensive experience in editing during her time as an Editor Assistant for various film- and commercial-productions. In August 2015 she started an editor degree at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg. She edited the feature film Nirgendwo from Matthias Starte which was released in October 2016. The documentary Lionhearted offered her the possibility to get used to the VR-Technology and its challenging workflow. She gained a whole new experience in editing.
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STMTSVisual Artist, Street Art pieceSTMTS (b.1993) is a visual artist based in Athens, GR.
He is in the graduation process at the Athens School of Fine Arts (ASFA). His work was presented at international exhibitions including the Miami Art Basel, the National Hellenic Museum Chicago and the NextStreet gallery in Paris. STMTS participated in the project of Lionhearted in creating a street art piece which can be found in Athens. |
Christos KoumaradiosAssistant Director & Assistant ProducerChristos Koumaradios lives in Athens, Greece. He is 22 years old. He is studying Communication, Media and Culture. He has attented Cinema workshops and seminars and has worked on several short films as an assistant director and assistant producer. He is the director of one short film and a founder member of Intrigue 12+.
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Konstantinos Tsaras360° Continuity & driverKonstantinos Tsaras studied Social Anthropology at Panteio University of Athens. His first contact with ethnographic film was in Copenhagen during Erasmus studies in 2015. Konstantinos participated in the web doc Shelter from the storm. In June 2016 he attended the seminar Visual Ethnography of Cityscapes organized by the Netherlands Institute at Athens (NIA) & Athens Ethnographic Film Festival (Ethnofest) during which he created the short film Ethos of city Plaza. In 2017 Konstantinos will start an intership at the ethnofest. He also plays the drums and is a member of the band Head On.
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Mahmoud HishamTechnical Director, Lead-Sticher, CompositingMahmoud Hisham studies in the degree Technical Director at the Animationinstut in Ludwigsburg. In the last years he worked on several feature films, commercials and TV series. In the field of Pipeline TD and Technical Director. Mahmoud Hisham sees his role as a Technical Director in solving artists problems and building bridges between softwares in developing tools and plugins to make life easier.
He loves technical challenges and learned a lot on 360° pipeline in the project Lionhearted. |
Jörg SchmidtCompositingSince school time Jörg Schmidt was into graphic and web design. He followed his passion by studying media design at the HS Mainz and focused on 2D motion design, editing and post production. In addition he worked on typography and branding projects. Since 2013 he is working as freelancer for agencies and clients. In summer 2015 he continued his studies as a visual effects artist and shifted his focus on compositing and 3D animation at the Animationinstitute/Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg.
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Marcus FassSet Sound & 3D 360° Sound design & mixMarcus Fass was raised in Hessen. Until 2014 he studied B.A. Digital Media at the University of Darmstadt. In 2015 he continued his studies in the subject Film sound and sound design at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. Marcus participated in several short films, documentaries and feature films and also works in the area of music recording. For Lionhearted he tested new workflows for 3D binaural 360° sound and has since then worked on several 360° projects.
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Jan Fiess
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Enzio Probs
Animation / Dream sequenceEnzio was born in 1993. After his A levels he worked in a factory producing printed circuit boards for four months. Afterwards he completed an internship at unexpected in Stuttgart. Since September 2015 he studies Animation at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg focusing.
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